Calendar Handbook - Frederick County Public Schools

5, 38, 39 Absences from School
35 ACT
59 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
22, 23 Admission
1, 36, 59 Advanced Placement (AP)
30 Advanced Placement Diploma
Academy
30 Advanced Placement Experience
Academy (APEX)
5 After-School Activities
39, 45-46 Alcohol
25 Allergies
42 Animals, Use of in Instruction
47 Arson
30 Arts & Communications Academy
30, 54 Arts, Visual and Performing
44 Assault
42 Athletic Fields, Use of after Hours
23, 36, 45-46 Athletics
22 Attendance Areas
30 Ausherman Planetarium
59 Block Schedule
2, 58 Board of Education
46 Bomb Threat
4, 25 Breakfast
39, 44 Bullying
8 Calendar at a Glance
9-21 Calendar Month Pages
37 Calendar, Seniors
5, 27, 59 Career and Technology Center
27 Career and Technology Education
29 Challenges Program
30 Character Counts!
30 Charter School
38, 45 Cheating and Plagiarism
38 Child Abuse and Neglect
28, 58 Child Find Services
35, 59 College Entrance Exams
54 Communication Services
32 Community Agency School
Services (CASS)
6-7, 29 Community Involvement
5 Complaints, Concerns
1, 41,48, 55 Computer Usage
7, 8 Conferences
38 Corporal Punishment
32, 52 Counseling
35, 59 Criterion-Referenced Evaluation
System (CRES)
26-37 Curriculum
44 Cyberbullying
28 Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing
5, 8 Delayed Opening Schedule
1 Demographics
54-55 Directory, Central Office
58 Directory, Other Useful Numbers
56-57 Directory, Schools
40, 43-48 Discipline
25, 39-42, 45 Discrimination (See Equity)
47-53 Disruptive Behavior
38, 50 Distributing Materials in Schools
38, 39, 47, 51 Dress Codes
22, 24, 40, 48 Driving
31, 39-40, 45-46 Drugs
22 Early Childhood Education
5 Early Dismissal
30 Earth and Space Science
Laboratory
4, 22, 26 Elementary School
36, 43-47, 52 Eligibility for Extracurricular
Activities
2, 54, 58 E-mail Addresses
(see also FindOutFirst)
4, 5, 7, 58, 60 Emergencies
54-55 English/Language Arts
30 English Language Learning
22 Enrolling a Student
1 Enrollment Data
38 Environmental Concerns
30 Environmental Academy
31, 38-39 Equity
34-36 Evaluation
35, 37 Exams
30 Excel Schools
46 Explosive Devices
43-53 Expulsion
30, 59 Extended Learning Opportunities
(ELO)
44 Extortion
36, 46,48 Extracurricular Activities
42, 54 Facilities Services
31 Family Life Advisory Committee
2, 5-7, 33-34 Family Involvement
30 Fast Forward
5, 59 Feeder Areas
40 Fees for Supplies and Activities
40-41 FERPA
40 Field Trips
39, 44 Fighting
35, 37 Final Examinations
4-7, 25, FindOutFirst E-mail, Text
back cover Messages
46 Fire Alarm, Extinguishers
40, 46 Firearms
46 Fireworks
54 Fiscal Services
27, 37 Flexible Evening High
4, 25 Food Service
47 Forgery
1 Funding
45 Gambling
44 Gang Activity
31, 55, 59 Gifted and Talented, Enrichment
7 Gifts for Education
59 Glossary
inside cover Goals
index
34 Grades Online
37 Graduation Dates
36 Graduation Honors
37 Graduation Requirements
46 Guns (including BB and Pellet)
44 Hazing
4 Health and Emergency Form
31, 34 Health Education
23 Health Records
32 Health Services
30 Heather Ridge School
4, 26-37 High School
30 High School Academies
8, 35, 37, 59 High School Assessments (HSA)
40-41 Holidays
32 Home Instruction
32 Home/Hospital Teaching Services
33 Homework
36 Honor Roll
36 Honors, at Graduation
58 Hotlines
4 Hours, Typical School Day
55 Human Resources
30, 59 Individualized Learning Plan
(ILP)
28 Infants and Toddlers Program
41 Instructional Materials
23 Insurance
34 Interim Reports
59 Intermediate Grade Levels
30, 59 International Baccalaureate (IB)
1, 5, 27, 31, 34,
41, 44, 48
Internet Use
27 Internships
23 Interscholastic Sports
30, 59 JROTC Program
30 Judy Center
22 Kindergarten
31, 54-55 Language Arts
39, 47 Laser Pointers
29 Learning for Life
31 Learning/Language Support
31, 55 Library Media Services
7 License Plates for Technology
5 Lockdown
4, 25 Lunch
26-31, 59 Magnet Programs/Schools
57 Map
36 Maryland Scholars
8, 35 Maryland School Assessments
(MSA)
59 Master Plan
54, 55 Mathematics
1, 4, 25 Meals
4 Media in Schools
31, 55 Media Services/Library
4 Medications/Treatments
4, 26, 28-33 Middle School
4, 40 Military Recruiters
30 Montessori
31 Multicultural Education
36 National Honor Society
59 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
22 Non-Resident Students
59 Norm-Referenced Test
31 Online Resources
31 Outdoor School
6, 58 Parent Teacher Association
(PTA, PTSA)
31 Parent/Child Family Literacy
2, 6-7, 42,
back cover
Parent/Family Involvement
7, 8 Parent-Teacher Conferences
48 Parking
29 Partners for Success
6 Partnerships
51 Patriotic Exercises
34, 36 Performance Measures
38 Pesticides
39, 47 Phones (cellular)
54-55 Physical Education
34 Pinnacle (See Grades Online)
36 Placement
38, 45 Plagiarism
30 Planetarium
59 Policies
39, 47 Portable Pagers,
Communication Devices
41 PPRA
30 Pre-Engineering Academy
5, 22, 56-57 Pre-Kindergarten
59 Primary Grade Levels
43-48 Probation
45 Profanity
36 Promotion
44-45, 50 Property Damage
8, 35 PSAT
32 Psychological Services
29 Pyramid Program
40-41 Records (Confidentiality)
59 Regulations
38-40 Religious Expression
34 Report Cards
29, 37 Rock Creek School
30, 59 ROTC, Junior
54, 58 Safe Schools and Students
39 Saturday School
1, 35 SAT
34 School Health Council
6, 59 School (or Site) Improvement
Team (SIT)
54-55 Science
40, 43, 47, 51 Searches
39 Section 504
7 Senior Citizens
37 Seniors’ End-of-Year Schedule
37 Service Learning
44 Sexting
44 Sexual Assault
40-41, 45 Sexual Harassment
5 Shelter in Place
28, 55 Sign Language Interpreting
5 Snow Closing Policy
54-55 Social Studies
back cover Spanish Translations
1, 28-29, 41,
43-48, 57
Special Education
28, 43 Special Education Citizens
Advisory Committee
23 Sports
35, 59 Stanford Achievement Test, 10th
Edition (SAT-10)
46, 49-53 Student Activities/Involvement
4 Student Information Card
49-53 Student Rights and
Responsibilities
32 Student Support Services
29 SUCCESS Program
31 Summer Programs
2 Superintendent
41 Surveys
43-53 Suspension
42 Teacher Qualifications
30 Teaching Academy
55 Technology Services
8, 35, 59 Testing
44 Theft
32 Title I
42 Title IX: Gender Discrimination
39, 46 Tobacco
22 Transfers
37 Transcript Grades
1, 4, 22, 24,
47, 55
Transportation
47 Trespassing
38-39, 47 Truancy
32, 58 Tutoring
5, 7 TV
42 Use of Schools and Fields after Hours
44 Verbal Abuse
27 Virtual School
inside cover Vision Statement
5, 6, 42 Visiting Schools
1 Voice Mail
6 Volunteer
45 Vulgarity
40, 46 Weapons
5 Weather-Related Schedule Changes
5-6, back cover Web site
5 Weekend Activities
36-37 Weighted Grades
42 Withdrawal Process
27 Work-Study Opportunities
54 World Languages
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